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View all coversNovember / December 2009
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Feature
The Rise of True Fiction Some of the best new films and books live between genres
By Alissa Quart
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Myths of Mexico The media's simplistic depiction of the 'drug war'
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'A Minor Regional Prophet' Paul Hemphill wrote the stories he was meant to write
By Steve Oney
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Reconstruction
The Reconstruction of American Journalism A report by Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson
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Reconstruction
First Read: Follow the Breadcrumbs What if it’s not just the business model of journalism that is broken?
By Jan Schaffer
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First Read: Report Ignores Web’s Nimble Nature Why not a Journalism Geek Squad? Or Report For America?
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Reconstruction
First Read: Journalism Minus its Old Public Even if funds can be found, journalism's reach is narrowing
By Paul Starr
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Reconstruction
First Read: The Mutualized Future is Bright But we will need some help—from government and others—to get there
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Schudson Talks Back A response to CJR’s responders about “The Reconstruction of American Journalism”
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Short Takes
Freeze Frame A photojournalist finds himself increasingly shut out
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Short Takes
All the News Fit to Sing An interview with the man behind Pakistan's musical news cartoons
By Ayesha Akram
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Short Takes
Man on the (Digital) Street A new Web service helps reporters find the perfect quote
By Janet Paskin
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Darts and Laurels
Darts and Laurels The East Valley Tribune uncovers abuse of a school tuition program
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Editorial
A Helping Hand The case for (smart) government support of journalism
By The Editors
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- Ideas & Reviews
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Review
Brief Encounters Short reviews of books on foreign reporting and journalists who risked it all
By James Boylan
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Second Read
A Failure of Skepticism Stolen Valor and the effort to expose bogus battlefield heroics
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The Research Report
Mourning Becomes Electric The rituals of grief can still bring a fragmented audience together
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Review
Poverty's Poet Laureate A new portrait of Dorothea Lange
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Review
Glass Half Full? Two new books with clashing takes on American optimism
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